Wisconsin
Animal Rescue, The Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project, Alliance for Animals and the
Humane Society of the United States (Central States Regional Office) held a PET
MARCH on THE CAPITOL in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday, March 21, 2003 in a vain
attempt to have the self-funding provisions restored to the short-lived
Wisconsin Pet Facilities Law.

The
PFL was enacted in 2001 to regulate pet breeders, pet dealers, kennels, and
animal shelters. This provision, also known as the puppy mills law,
was scheduled to take effect February 1, 2004. However, all provision for
funding was taken out by line-item veto. The law was repealed due to lack of
funding. (For details of this law, please see:
Legislative Brief: History of
the PFL (PDF))